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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Two Towers, Manhattan
193120th century
397 x 201 mm (15.6 x 7.9 in.)
Chester B. Price, American, (1885–1962)
Alternative title:
Towers of Manhattan
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching printed in brown ink on Asian wove paper
Print impression quality:
Very good
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Chester B. Price”; inscribed in plate and printed in white ink [to be confirmed]: “c”
Bibliography:
Karen F. Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress (1970), 3(?).
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946
Accession Number:
1946.D1.299
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
- Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
- skyscrapers - Use for exceptionally tall buildings of skeletal frame construction.
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 397 x 201 mm (15.6 x 7.9 in.)
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Credit Caption
Chester B. Price, American, (1885–1962) . Two Towers, Manhattan, 1931. Etching printed in brown ink on Asian wove paper. plate : 397 x 201 mm (15.6 x 7.9 in.). Sheet : 447 x 278 mm (17.6 x 10.9 in.). DAC accession number 1946.D1.299. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946. (photo: M. Cook) .